Independence Day Quotes
Despite the name, this is not a page about the American Fourth of July. It is built from the freedom and patriotism pages, and the writers who turn up come from all over: the Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos, the Italian anarchist Bruno Filippi, Shakespeare, Anna Quindlen. De Burgos has a line about an invaded nation where today’s battlefield is independence.
A few entries are there because of a keyword, not a mood. Cervantes’s remark about not thrusting his nose into other men’s porridge (Don Quixote, 1605) is about minding your own business. If you want something for a speech, sort by source grade and skip the oddities.
Most quoted on independence day:
Leader Abdullah Öcalan
"Freedom is a necessity for us. It is more important than bread and water."
I work in waves because I'm impatient. It has to be done. I take liberties.
I am a Democrat because I believe in protecting freedom, fairness, families, and the future.
God has blessed America, Mr. Speaker, but our freedom only survives if we protect it.